Episode 847 – Are You Whiffing the WIIFM?

Why is a very powerful word. It provokes conversations and promotes thoughtful responses. Simon Sinek thought it was so important he wrote a book about it “Start with Why”. He said that “What” is the action, “How” is the method, and “Why” is the purpose or promise. He says, “People don’t buy what you do;…

Episode 844 – Reinventing Sales Teams with Rent-A-Rep with Bill Guertin

Bill Guertin (pronounced like “13”) is a positive voice for change and is the leader of the “7 Voices” Movement, whose purpose is to hear, recognize, and minimize the effects of the negative Voices inside people’s heads and to implement simple strategies to make positivity a life-choice every day. As a sales trainer, he’s worked…

Episode 841 – Resolutions Vs. Reinventions

We all know the ebb and flow of resolutions. We set a simple or lofty goal to achieve, only to find that we slip up a day, week, or month later. That gives us permission to try again next year! Each year we kind of reinvent by making resolutions. We aim to reinvent ourselves by…

Episode 839 – Half Baked Cookies – How To Cook Your B2b Marketing to Perfection

Tis The Season… for holiday parties. There are cookies everywhere. There are cookie exchanges because you can’t get enough. You can’t eat all your own cookies (well I guess you could if you tried hard enough). Marketing is a lot like cookies. It can be unique and tasty, or it can be just junk food.…

Episode 838 – Work Is Not Where You Work? It’s What You Do! with Stan Phelps

Stan is a Forbes Contributor, TEDx Speaker, IBM Futurist, Certified Speaking Professional, and best-selling author of the Goldfish Series. He is an Instructor for the ANA School of Marketing and Rutgers Business School. A show-and-tell speaker, Stan empowers audiences to take action that delivers bottom-line impact. He strives to change the paradigm of marketing by…

Episode 837 – 4 Signs Your Marketing Strategy is Not For B2b Sales

Tis The Season… The end of the year is always interesting. It’s a time to reflect on the past, while we look toward the future, and many of us are giving and getting presents!  having moved to a new city, many of our presents are coming and going via Secret Santa Trucks (White = FedEx,…

Episode 835 – 5 FREE Things That You Want To Maximize in 2023

Do you remember the good old days? Go back to before 2007 and remember what your world was like. You may have been a PC or a Mac (you surely remember those commercials). Moore’s Law is the philosophy that says “a given technology will double its power about every two years.” That makes sense if…

Episode 831 – Looking Back & Forth… What Are You Thankful For?

Every year, around the 3rd to 4th week of November, until the 1st week of January, business starts to slow down (unless you are in retail). We start to reflect on the previous months of the year. It’s also a time to look forward to what’s next. I can tell you as you get older…

Episode 829 – The 5 Keys To Successful B2b Marketing

Consumers are fickle. How do I know? I am one. Consumers change loyalties in an instant, while B2b customers are more complex. Switching brands or companies is easy for B2c. Not so much for B2b. One of the Baconisms I post every month is, “When you contact a prospect… you are a salesperson. When a…

Episode 823 – It’s Not What They Say… It’s What They Do… CONSISTENTLY

Consistency can be defined as conformity in the application of something, typically that which is necessary for the sake of logic, accuracy, or fairness. When it comes to sales and marketing, consistency is a moving target. Technology and the business environment continue to evolve. You can adapt and help to provide consistently, or consistently improve…